Master Chang Yong Sil with 2 of his current students.
International Hapkido Federation
Many years ago, the city wanted to buy half of his property. They would not let him build a smaller building on the other half. He fought with city hall for 3 years to keep his property. They said he had to move, but they did not pay him enough to buy land in the country. After 3 years, every house on the block was broken except his. One day he was training and someone cut the lights. Another day someone cut the water line. He kept turning in paperwork to the city and every year the people would change so he had to start over again with the paperwork. For 3 years this went on. Often, the two-story buildings next door would drop concrete on the roof and damage the one-story dojo roof. This made it challenging to keep training. About 5 years ago, Master Chang built his new location here in Songtan. The school is less than 10 minutes from Osan Air Base.
Training is held on the second floor.
Classes are held Monday through Friday from 6 pm - 7 pm here.
Classes are held at Osan Air Base fitness center Monday through Saturday from 8 am - 9:30 am.
I have had the honor of training in both dojo. It was a life changing experience for me and many others. Now, many decades later, I still love teaching what I learned.
ReplyDeleteGM Chang will always be my teacher and a father figure. I talk about him many times to all my students and many of them have trained him during seminars and have even visited the dojo in Korea. GM Chang is a rare Diamond.